Reshaping Palestine: From Muhammad Ali to the British Mandate, 1831-1922

382 Pages·1999·0.96 MB·English

by  Martin Sicker

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Reshaping Palestine : From Muhammad Ali
title:
to the British Mandate, 1831-1922
author: Sicker, Martin.
publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
isbn10 | asin: 0275966399
print isbn13: 9780275966393
ebook isbn13: 9780313048821
language: English
Balfour Declaration, Balfour Declaration,
Zionism--History, HÌ£ibbat Zion, Palestine-
subject
-History--1799-1917, Middle East--Politics
and government.
publication date: 1999
lcc: DS125.S53 1999eb
ddc: 956.94/03
Balfour Declaration, Balfour Declaration,
Zionism--History, HÌ£ibbat Zion, Palestine-
subject:
-History--1799-1917, Middle East--Politics
and government.
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RESHAPING PALESTINE
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RESHAPING PALESTINE
From Muhammad Ali to the British Mandate, 1831–1922
Martin Sicker
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sicker, Martin.
Reshaping Palestine : from Muhammad Ali to the British Mandate,
1831–1922 / Martin Sicker.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–275–96639–9 (alk. paper)
1. Palestine—History—1799–1917. 2. Middle East—Politics and
government. 3. Zionism—History. 4. Hibbat Zion. 5. Balfour
declaration. I. Title.
DS125.S53 1999
956.94′03—dc21 99–21191
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 1999 by Martin Sicker
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99–21191
ISBN: 0-275-96639-9
First published in 1999
Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).
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This book is dedicated to my wife, Ahouva,
my unwavering support for forty years.
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Contents

Preface ix

1. Setting the Stage 1

2. First Nationalist Stirrings 19

3. The Lovers of Zion 37

4. The Emergence of the Zionist Movement 63

5. The Era of Practical Zionism 87

6. The Balfour Declaration 113

7. Diplomacy from the Armistice to the Mandate 139

8. Past as Prologue 167

Bibliography 171

Index 181
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Preface
The history of the name of the territory lying along the Mediterranean
coast between Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt is reflective of the complex
history of the land it describes. The name Palestine has its origin in the
Hebrew Peleshet, first mentioned in the Bible (Exodus 15:14) in
reference to the land of the Pelishtim, or Philistines, one group of the Sea
Peoples that invaded the region during the early biblical period. The
territory of the Philistines was located in the coastal plain of southwestern
Cis-Jordan (the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan
River), the latter being known in biblical times generally as the land of
Canaan, in an area overlapping the contemporary Gaza strip. The name
later appears in the Persian Wars of the Greek historian Herodotus in the
form of an adjective describing “the Philistine Syria,” which presumably
was intended to include all of Cis-Jordan. Subsequently, the phrase was
shortened and the Greek term Palaistinei became a proper noun, which
was later transformed into the name Palestine. The name fell into disuse
during the period of the Second Hebrew Commonwealth but was revived
in Roman times by the emperor Hadrian. He used it to replace the name
Judea (by which the land had been known for centuries), following the
fierce struggle with the rebellious Jews that ended in their final defeat in
135 C.E. From Byzantine times to the end of the Ottoman Empire, the
name was commonly applied in non-Jewish languages to the “Land of
Israel” or “Holy Land.” The latter term was understood to include both
Cis-Jordan and parts of the ancient territories of Ammon, Moab, and
Edom on the east bank of the